we have a live report from prince george's county following a fatal shooting. plus--an arrest made in a lenghty investigation into an attempted sexual assault at a popular d-c hotel. details on how police were able to aprehend this man. good morning washington. toss to veronica today: am rain. pm sunshine. windy. highs: 49-54

winds: s 10-20 g 35+ tonight: clear to partly cloudy. windy. lows: 30-35 winds: w 10-15 g 25 mph friday: partly sunny. windy and cold. flurries possible. highs: 40-45 feels: 25-32 winds: w 15-20 g 40 mph breaking overnight. fatal gunfire

george's county.

sam sweeney is live from capital heights this morning with more on the investigation going on right now. sam? right now an update to a story we first brought to you on

washington yesterday morning. the queen anne's county sheriff's deputy shot while responding to a domestic disturbance call is recovering from his injuries. deputy warren scott hogan was escorting a woman into a house on edmore road in chestertown to get some of her belongings when the homeowner, james rich, shot hogan in the stomach with a shotgun. hogan was able to fire back - killing rich. deputy hogan is said to be in good spirits. it could take weeks or even months for him to fully recover from his injuries. a man who allegedly attacked and tried to sexually assault a hotel employee is expected in d.c. superior court

18-year-old ernesto agustin mendoza was arrested monday. police say on november 26th, the victim was working at d.c.'s grand hyatt hotel. she was in room 11-46 when a man entered the room. she fought back, but police say he hurt her badly, even ripping some of her hair out before he fled. the suspect was captured on surveillance video. police tracked him for weeks by tracing his metro smartrip card. they didn't know his identity until he was arrested this week at the landover station. right now.. police are urging you to take a good look at this surveillance video. investigators think the s-u-v in this video struck and killed jacqueline cole on monday. cole -- who was deaf -- was in the crosswalk trying to cross 14-th street in columbia heights. if that s-u-v looks familiar -- police want to hear from you. and we have new information this morning about the mother hit by a car tuesday afternoon outside her home in aspen hill. lisseth ortiz was ta

car when she was hit. the baby was in a car seat and - incredibly - was not hurt. ortiz, however, lost her left leg in the crash... and shattered several bones in her right leg. she told family members she only has hazy memories of what happened. witnesses say that car was driving erratically--- so far, no one has been charged. family members tell us ortiz will be in the i-c-u for another week at least.. and will need multiple surgeries on her right leg. little sophia is back home with relatives. it's 5 and next on good morning washington.. new years eve in new york city--expected to be jammed packed with people waiting for the ball to drop.. but this year the city will see some new security tactics.. what new york officis are doing different this year.. and a dose of wild weather sweeps across the south.. more on the twister that caused massive

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2016 nearly in the books! we'll take a look back and some of the best sports moments of the year.

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massachusetts. heavy snow and rain are blamed for several accidents in the northern and western parts of the state overnight. no one was seriously injured - but several cars had to be towed off the snowy roads. the same system has produced snow totals of a half foot or more in seven states.

weather.. check out this scene in jefferson, georgia where an e-f-one tornado touched down early thursday morning. winds up to 105 miles an hour damaged homes and blew down trees and power lines. one tree was completely uprooted--landing on a home and truck. the tornado cut a path more than three miles long. fortunately there haven't been any reported injuries. right now.. police in new york city are getting ready for the big new year's eve celebration at times square. there will be unprecedented security this year. for the first time, dozens of sanitation trucks filled with sand will be deployed. that's in response to the berlin and nice truck attacks. seven-thousand extra police officers will be on duty.. from special ops units to rooftop surveillance teams. inside the command center, teams will monitor more than

feeds. officials expect nearly two-million people in times square when the ball drops. a beautiful voice heard outside the gallery place metro station is going viral this morning! singer kenny sway frequently performs there. on wednesday, he caught the eye of 11-year-old mary evelyn, who has down syndrome. she was visiting from north carolina with her family. she held his hand, as he serenaded her. sway's sister streamed the performance through facebook live. that video has now been shared more than 900-thousand times. time now for weather

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learning about some of the gadgets that will be unveiled. diane macedo and kendis gibson have the details in this morning's techbytes. breaking right now at 5:30 - russian

the new warning for american diplomats in moscow, just coming in the last ten minutes. plus - a man shot dead in prince george's county and right now - police are combing the crime scene for clues. a live repor

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breaking right now - russian officials

retaliation.

minutes russia's foreign minister suggested they may expell 35 u-s diplomats and close two facilities in moscow. this comes in response to sanctions announced yesterday against russia. president obama is kicking out 35 russian intelligence operatives...giving them and their families 72 hours to get out of the us. and the state department is shutting down two russian compounds used for intelligence gathering - one in maryland and another in new york. breaking overnight. fatal gunfire erupting in prince george's county. one man dead--his killer on the run. sam sweeney is live from capital

more on the investigation going on right now. sam? happening today.. a vigil will be held for gerald hall, the

by d-c police on christmas day. officer respoded to a domestic disturbance call involving hall and his girlfriend on walnut street in north east. police say when they arrived, hall had a knife in his hand. when he ignored verbal commands to drop it, he was shot. his family claims he did not have a knife. the shooting remains under investigation. you're invited to the hottest new year's eve party in america... and you don't even have to leave the comfort of your home. danya bacchus gives us a preview of dick clark's "new years rockin' eve" with ryan seacrest. it's 5 xxx and still to come on good morning washington..

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including--president obama's powerful message to russia.. how he's striking back against cyber attacks aimed at influencing the election..and the reaction from vladmir putin.

nearly three dozen russian diplomats. and just in the last 15 minutes - a russian official suggesting moscow may dow the same to american diplomats. the u-s sanctions are considered the most forceful american response ever to a state-sponsored cyber-attack. janai norman is breaking down the unprecedented diplomatic move. happening right now.. the man accued of

attempting to sexually assault a woman at a d-c hotel is behind bars. it's a story we first reported back in november. john gonzalez is live this morning with more on how police were finally able to catch him. john? an indiana bridal shop is facing forgery and theft

dress she paid for. ladies out there know its a once in a lifetime experience shopping for your own wedding gown..but many brides who found their dream dress at cameo bridal say its been more of a nightmare. one woman says she loved a dress so much she paid half of it on the spot--thats 600 bucks. then she says the bridal shop gave her the run around, telling her it was being ordered from spain...turns out--it was actually in california and the company that owns the dress was waiting for cameo bridal to pay for it. the couple took to facebook and other cameo customers reported similar frustrations. the shop responded saying please check the details before assuming and posting anything more. the woman's fiance replied, give me my 13-hundred dollars back! it's 5: and time for a check on weather.

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cubs fans finally getting that 108 year billy goat off their backs. and cleveland, finally won their first pro sports championship in over 50 years. but those werent the only highlights of the year. steve nannes has a look at this year in sports. sam tease..

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>> now, "good morning washington," on your side. jummy: police on the hunt, a man dead, the killer on the run, we will tell you what we're learning about the killer overnight. larry: -- retaliation overnight from the kremlin. jummy: the redskins, eyeing the playoffs. how do you need to dress if you're headed out? you to say good morning to here at 6:00. jummy olabanji. larry: and i'm larry smith. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] larry: raising the roof, as autria calls it. veronica: because your elbows only go up this high? at have -- i had no idea they could go past there. [laughter] larry: